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Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown (abcnews.go.com)

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Russian police raided several bars and nightclubs across Moscow on Saturday as part of the government’s crackdown on “LGBTQ+ propaganda,” state media reported.

Smartphones, laptops and video cameras were seized, while clubgoers had their documents inspected by officers, Russia’s Tass news agency said, citing sources in law enforcement.

The raids come exactly a year since Russia’s Supreme Court ruled that the “LGBTQ+ movement” should be banned as an “extremist organization."

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[–] Timbits@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

Probably a good cause for asylum seeking.